Purifying device for hydrocarbon-fuel gasolene.



0. A. BBNKENDORP.

PUBIFYING DEVICE FOR HYDROGARBON FUEL GASOLENE.

AYPPLIOATIOK TILED MAY 27,1911.

1,015,662. PatentedJam-25,1912.

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similar boss G'lTG AUGUST BENKENDQRF, OF HELEN, NEW MEXICO.

PUR-ZFYING DEVICE FOR HYDROCARBON-FUEL GASOLENE.

Specification of Letters Eetent.

Patented Jan. 23,1912.

Application filed May 27, 1911. Serial No. 629,770..

To a"? "whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I. (l'r'ro A. BENKENDORF,

' a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Belem, in the county of Valencia, and State of New Mexico, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Purifying Devices for Hydrocarbon-Fuel Gasolene, of which the following is a. specification.

My invention is an improvement in purlfying devices for hydrocarbon fuel gasolene, and has for its object the provision of a sirnpie, economical device for thoroughly purifying hydrocarbon liquid fuels, as, for instance, gasolenc, by removing mechanically the solid impurities, and by utilizing the water impurities chemically in such manner as to enrich the fuel.

In the drawing is shown it side View of a simple embodiment of the invention, parts thereof being in section.

As is known, hydrocarbon liquid fuels, such as commercial gasolene, are liable to contain, in addition to solid impurities, greater or less quantities of Water, which, ivhen the gesolene is used for lighting purposes, is very liable to extinguish the light, and at the least will. cause the flame to snap or s olutter. The solid impurities are also very liable to clog the pipes, which as a rule are hollow Wires, and thus shut oil the sup ply of to the burner. Such stoppages are extremely diiiicult, first, to locate, and, second, to remove. l hen the fuel 1s used for explosion engines, like results are liable '1 the engine cannot exert its full ciiiciency with a poor grade or fuel. The present invention 1."; designed to be interposed in the systein hetween the supply tank and the place oi utilization of the fuel.

The embodiment of the invention shown comprises 21. casing l, cylindrical in form in the present instance, and closed at each end: by a. cap 2. The upper cap is provided with an internally threaded boss 3, and the casing l. is provided near its lower end with :i

' The supply tank 5 is arranged at s suitable point and may be of any desired shape, size, and construction. in the present instance the tank is.cyl-indri not n form, and is provided in its top 11 with the usual filling nipple 6 closed by a cup l. The tank is provlded with an internally threaded lateral boss 8 spaced above the bottom 9 ofthe tank, and one end of a pipe 10 is threaded into the boss 8. The

pipe 10 leads from the tank to the'casing l,

and the opposite end of the pipe is threaded into the boss 4 of the tank. A pipe 12 is threaded at one end into the nipple 3, and the said pipe leads to the place'of utilization of the fuel, as, for instance, the carburetor or" an explosion engine, or the gasometer of a lighting system.

The casing l is partially filled With calcium carhid, designated ,by the reference character 13, the said filling of carbid extending almost to the top of the casing. Either or both of the cups 2 may be,threaded onto the casing, to perrnit the insertion and removal. of the carbid, or a filling opening may he provided. A plurality of layers or disks ll of felt or like material are arranged in the casing above the carbidflmd preferably filling the space between the said filling of curhid and the top of the casing. It is obvious that a greater or less number of roots or disks may be used. as may also it difierent quantity of carbid. The mats strain or filter the gas, While the csrbid and the mats remove the solid matters mechanicelly. Any moisture that may be held by the fuel will be taken up by the corbid and will react 113011 the said carbid, forming acetylene gas, which will be carried along by the gaseous fuel and will burn therewith. It will be obvious that but a small amount oi. acetylene gas willhe present at any time, so small that it will not be appreciable. All of the water, however, will be absorbed and separated from the gaseous fuel, so that a pure gas will be delivered at the place of utilization. 'ihe tiller thus acts not only mechanically, but chemically as well, and the supply may he renewed when necessary and the slalzcd cal-bid removed. The gash lied fuel for o considerable portion of its travel passes in close contact with the carloid, so that all of the I110lSi7llI.8 Wlll be eliminated.

The supply pipe from the tank is orronged to deliver shove the bottom of the casing, in order that the saidpipe may not become clogged with the slsked carbid, and

in order that the incoming fuel nlay enter the casing above therlcvcl' of the Slltkfitl' "csrlnd', and mu posltlon such that the said fuel comes immediately into contact with unchanged carbid.

1 claim: l. in combination withthe su iply tank of a system using hydrocarbon loci, of n. casing, a. pipe leading from the tank to the casing and opening into the casing above the bottom thereof, a discharge pipe leading 1 from the to of the casing, a-filling of calcium carbi in the casing, said filling ex- 5 tending to a'point near the top ofrthe'casing, and a plurality of felt mats arranged above the carbid betweenthe same, and'the top of the casing, and resting on the car-bid. 1

2. A device 'ofthe character specified, 1o "comprismg'a casing adapted to ,be inter-f posed'in the'supply pipe of a hydrocarbon fuel ntilizingsystem, provided with an inlet near its bottom and an outlet near its top for connection with the pipe, a filling of OTTO AUGUST BENKENDORF; Witnesses: Y H. R. WETMORE,

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